The fact that Antigone is now alone is this process does not slow her down at all; not even after Ismene warns her that the consequence of her actions could be death. “Our own death would be if we should go against Creon.” (Line 46, Pg 774). Due to Ismene’s lack of help, Antigone is feeling betrayed by her sister, but will continue on without her. “But as for me, I will bury the brother I love.” (Line 69, Pg 774). Later on when Antigone has buried her brother, Polynieces, she created yet another betrayal; this time on King Creon.
When Creon learns that Antigone has buried her brother, he becomes furious and sentences Antigone to death despite his son’s and Antigone’s fiancé pleading, as well as a warning from the prophet. But as the prophet for-told, the gods are on Antigone’s side and for Creon’s crime he loses his only son, Haemon and his wife. The begging of the play, Antigone has her sister, Isemen outside the city gates. Antigone is trying to get Ismene to help her bury their brother, Polyncies. But Ismene refuses to help her sister, fearing the death penalty installed by Creon.
Ismene, Antigone’s sister, agreed that Polyneices deserved a proper burial but was not going to go against the laws set out by her uncle and the King. Antigone’s nobility for her brother, and putting her morals and what she believed in over everything else makes Antigone a tragic hero. In the end Antigone’s pride and love for her brother ultimately leads to her demise. Antigone’s nobility towards her brother is clear from the begging of the play. She is determined to give her brother a proper burial with no regards to what laws the king has set forth.
When the oracle said that her son would kill his father and sleep with his mother she quickly abandoned her son to avoid that horrible fate and thanked the oracle for that. However, when Oedipus heard that Polybus was dead and realized he didn’t kill his father Jocasta said the oracle was useless. Jocasta is the type of person that chooses to be blind and accept the lies but only when they help her. If the truths help her then she will accept the truths. Jocasta is also trying to blind Oedipus in this quote.
Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio for her. When he asks if Claudio is her enemy she replies “Is he not a approved in the height a villain that hath slandered, scorned, dishonored my kinswomen?” (IV i 315-317). Beatrice feels that by wrongfully dishonoring her cousin, Claudio deserves to die. Everyone, including Hero herself, think that Hero’s life wouldn’t be worth anything without her
Antigone’s sense of judgment grew more and more unclear due to her pride as she ignores Ismene’s advice to bury their brother in secret, but instead she tells Ismene, “oh, oh, no! shout it out. I will hate you still worse for silence-should you not proclaim it, to everyone” (2040). Her pride is also the source of her bravery that enables her to accept her fate and believes that it will be good to die and lay by her brother’s side to stand up for her beliefs. Antigone’s inhibitions grew even stronger when she is summoned to face her uncle, Creon, about her disobedient actions.
Antigone the Tragic Hero In the play “Antigone”, Antigone is the tragic hero because she comes from nobility, suffers from a character flaw and lastly, she has an unhappy ending. Antigone was a very courageous character in this story. She chose her faith over man’s rules because she felt like it was morally correct. Antigone wanted to obey and do right by the gods. Therefore, she went against Creon’s rules (man’s rules) and buried her brother.
The one relationship that was affected severely by the fact that he is passion’s slave is the relationship between him and his mother, Gertrude. What triggers the immediate conflict between the two of them is the fact that almost immediately after the death of Hamlet Sr., she chose to marry his brother Claudius “But two months dead”; whom also turns out to be the killer of Hamlet Sr. It is a clear indication to the audience that Hamlet is not in agreement of this marriage; this in turn leads to conflict between them continuously through the play. “Now could I drink hot blood…Soft! Now to my mother.” “I will speak daggers to her but use none.” Hamlet uses daggers as a reference to the fact that he will speak his anger rather than physically hurting her.
In “Romeo and Juliet”, Juliet’s father, “Lord Capulet”, threatens Juliet by saying “An you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend; a you be not, hang, beg, die, starve in the streets, for by my soul, I’ll never acknowledge thee, nor what is mine shall never do thee good. Trust to’t” Juliet did not like this arranged marriage to Paris because she was in love with Romeo. Juliet goes to confession to talk to Friar Lawrence at the church about displeasing her father and threatens to kill herself if he does not help her. Friar says “if thou host hast the strength of will to slay thyself take thou this vial no warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest”. Juliet goes back home and apologies to her father about yelling at him and agrees to the arranged marriage in essence, Juliet drinks the vial and everyone thinks she’s dead, Romeo breaks into the tomb and kills himself and then Juliet does the same thing.
Wild claims have been made that I am somehow to blame for the death of Juliet Capulet, the Prince’s cousin, Paris and my own dear, beautiful son, Romeo Montague. As a mother I am completely distraught by the idea that I would ever harm my only son, my gentle young man. My family has always been the one family, the good family doing the right thing for Verona. My family is grieving and now I too face punishment, even death as retribution for this tragedy? I knew absolutely nothing of this entire encounter before it was too late!